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Hotel Bethlehem replaced a hotel that opened in 1822 in a building formerly housing the 1794 general store, and was known as The Golden Eagle, later The Eagle, after a mural by Peter Grosh on the facade. This first hotel was remodeled in the 1870s but in 1920 was demolished for replacement with a more modern and more fireproof structure.
State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
Knights of the Golden Eagle was established in Baltimore, Maryland in 1872. [1] The order's original objectives were to help its members find employment and aid them while unemployed. Membership was open to white males over 18, without physical or mental handicaps, who were able to write and support themselves, were law-abiding, of sound moral ...
This is a list of companies either based or with large operations in the greater Harrisburg, Pennsylvania metropolitan area of the United States. It includes companies based in the Pennsylvania counties of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York.
Writers from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (27 P) Pages in category "People from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex, Bounded by 3rd and 7th, North and Walnut Streets Harrisburg Main article: Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The boundary of Harrisburg's Downtown is considered Forster Street to the north, I-83 to the south, the railroad tracks to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
The Political Graveyard: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of Harrisburg: the State Capital – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon [permanent dead link